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365 day meme - day 20
Jan. 20th, 2019 01:29 pm20 Have you ever been in a police car?
Alas, no. Have you?
Alas, no. Have you?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46924619
Holocaust victims buried after remains given to museum
By Rebecca Wearn BBC News
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Holocaust victims buried after remains given to museum
By Rebecca Wearn BBC News
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365 day meme - day 19
Jan. 19th, 2019 05:22 pm19 What's the strangest statue you've ever seen?
Hmm. I don't think I've seen any strange statues.
But! I used to pass a strange building on my way to college in Liverpool. The bombed out church (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Luke,_Liverpool) is a ruin. The church was mostly destroyed during WW2, though the shell of the building remains. It's kept as a monument to those lost during WW2.
Photos under the cut.
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Hmm. I don't think I've seen any strange statues.
But! I used to pass a strange building on my way to college in Liverpool. The bombed out church (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Luke,_Liverpool) is a ruin. The church was mostly destroyed during WW2, though the shell of the building remains. It's kept as a monument to those lost during WW2.
Photos under the cut.
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365 day meme - days 17 and 18
Jan. 18th, 2019 10:28 amI completely forgot to post yesterday's question, so here's 2 together.
17 If your house was on fire what three things would you definitely leave behind or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?
Nothing! If I hated something that much I'd give it away. One person's trash is another person's treasure, and all that.
18 What children's toy or accessory do you wish they made in adult size?
Rocking horses. I think the really nice ones are adorable. Or, ooh, they could do different adult-sized animals, like elephants or llamas.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if you can actually buy these but I bet they cost a fortune.
17 If your house was on fire what three things would you definitely leave behind or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?
Nothing! If I hated something that much I'd give it away. One person's trash is another person's treasure, and all that.
18 What children's toy or accessory do you wish they made in adult size?
Rocking horses. I think the really nice ones are adorable. Or, ooh, they could do different adult-sized animals, like elephants or llamas.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if you can actually buy these but I bet they cost a fortune.
Notifications
Jan. 18th, 2019 10:25 amI'm not getting any notifications at all (not by email or even in my inbox) when people reply to any comments I've made.
Anyone know how to fix it?
Anyone know how to fix it?
365 day meme - day 16
Jan. 16th, 2019 11:35 am16 Have you ever planned what you would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
Die. I'd be good to outrun them until the battery in my wheelchair runs out, then I'd be a sitting target.
Die. I'd be good to outrun them until the battery in my wheelchair runs out, then I'd be a sitting target.
365 day meme - day 15
Jan. 15th, 2019 05:45 pm15 Which supposedly attractive film star do you think is a bit ugly?
The problem I have is that so many of them look alike. But ugly, hmmm...
I never got the attraction of Brad Pitt. So many people were swooning over him and I just didn't get it at all.
The problem I have is that so many of them look alike. But ugly, hmmm...
I never got the attraction of Brad Pitt. So many people were swooning over him and I just didn't get it at all.
365 day meme - day 14
Jan. 14th, 2019 10:39 am14 What is your most impressive party trick?
I don't think I have one, let alone an impressive one. Shame.
Tell me about yours though.
I don't think I have one, let alone an impressive one. Shame.
Tell me about yours though.
365 day meme - day 13
Jan. 13th, 2019 02:19 pm13 Is there something you once abhorred that you now adore?
I really don't think so. I'm not likely to change my view so radically on something I've abhorred.
I didn't like And Now There Were None that much on the first read as it's a bit of a shock to the system, but now I enjoy it as a really good psychological thriller. I guess that's the closest answer I've got.
I really don't think so. I'm not likely to change my view so radically on something I've abhorred.
I didn't like And Now There Were None that much on the first read as it's a bit of a shock to the system, but now I enjoy it as a really good psychological thriller. I guess that's the closest answer I've got.
365 day meme - day 12
Jan. 12th, 2019 01:01 pm12 What subject were you worse at at school?
Chemistry. I had no interest in it and I always felt sick from the smell of gas.
As an aside, our Science teacher looked like a frog in glasses, was rumoured to be a perv, and wore Rupert the Bear trousers.
Chemistry. I had no interest in it and I always felt sick from the smell of gas.
As an aside, our Science teacher looked like a frog in glasses, was rumoured to be a perv, and wore Rupert the Bear trousers.
365 day meme - days 6 - 11
Jan. 11th, 2019 10:38 am6 What is your favourite keyboard shortcut?
7 If you were guaranteed that you would be unkillable, indestructible and uninjurable for the next ten years, but you would die once the decade was up, would you go for it?
8 When you are watching films do you Google the actors to find out if they are still alive and/or what else they have been in?
9 Have you ever been in a canoe?
10 Which children's story, song or TV programme do you think is most fundamentally flawed, plot-wise?
11 Do you prefer coffee or aeroplanes? If you had to choose to eradicate one of the two from all human history which would go?
Answers under the cut.
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7 If you were guaranteed that you would be unkillable, indestructible and uninjurable for the next ten years, but you would die once the decade was up, would you go for it?
8 When you are watching films do you Google the actors to find out if they are still alive and/or what else they have been in?
9 Have you ever been in a canoe?
10 Which children's story, song or TV programme do you think is most fundamentally flawed, plot-wise?
11 Do you prefer coffee or aeroplanes? If you had to choose to eradicate one of the two from all human history which would go?
Answers under the cut.
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365 day meme - days 1 - 5
Jan. 10th, 2019 04:40 pm1 Would you rather relive the last 365 days or lose a year of your life?
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
1 Would you rather relive the last 365 days or lose a year of your life?
Unless I could fix things (like not break my foot and spend months in agony), then take a year of my life.
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
I haven't met so many that any were mundane!
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
Put your legs up every day, it'll help ease the swelling.
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
One I went to as a kid. They had a recreation of a Victorian street. I loved it.
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
Yep.
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
1 Would you rather relive the last 365 days or lose a year of your life?
Unless I could fix things (like not break my foot and spend months in agony), then take a year of my life.
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
I haven't met so many that any were mundane!
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
Put your legs up every day, it'll help ease the swelling.
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
One I went to as a kid. They had a recreation of a Victorian street. I loved it.
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
Yep.
365 day meme
Jan. 10th, 2019 04:36 pmBorrowed from
fionnabhar. I'll start my answers in my next post but the whole thing is under the cut for anyone who wants to join in.( Read more... )
Happy New Year!
Jan. 1st, 2019 07:08 pmHappy New Year!
I hope 2019 brings us all good things and good times, and becomes a year we can look back on with fondness. *hugs flist*
I hope 2019 brings us all good things and good times, and becomes a year we can look back on with fondness. *hugs flist*
June Whitfield
Dec. 30th, 2018 11:30 amJune Whitfield has passed on at 93.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46712694
She was in one of my favourite Carry Ons, Carry On Abroad, where she played this shrew of a wife who was never happy. "That sun is too hot. This shade is too cold. I'm going inside." She was hilarious.
Godspeed, lady.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46712694
She was in one of my favourite Carry Ons, Carry On Abroad, where she played this shrew of a wife who was never happy. "That sun is too hot. This shade is too cold. I'm going inside." She was hilarious.
Godspeed, lady.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-46561449
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A letter to Santa written by a Victorian schoolgirl has been discovered 120 years on.
In it five-year-old Marjorie from Eastbourne asks for toy ducks and chickens, a canvas stocking and a piece of ribbon and a ball for her cat, Kittykins.
The letter, dated 2 December 1898, was found hidden inside a book donated to a charity shop.
It is now being displayed at a toy shop in Canterbury.
~~~
I hope Marjorie and her cat got their gifts. ♥
(The full article is there.)
A letter to Santa written by a Victorian schoolgirl has been discovered 120 years on.
In it five-year-old Marjorie from Eastbourne asks for toy ducks and chickens, a canvas stocking and a piece of ribbon and a ball for her cat, Kittykins.
The letter, dated 2 December 1898, was found hidden inside a book donated to a charity shop.
It is now being displayed at a toy shop in Canterbury.
~~~
I hope Marjorie and her cat got their gifts. ♥
Merry Christmas!
Dec. 24th, 2018 04:53 pmTo everyone who celebrates it. If not, happy holidays, or a good Tuesday. I hope we all have something fun happening tomorrow. *hugs*
Parcel thieves
Dec. 18th, 2018 04:37 pmThis guy had a parcel stolen from his porch. He decided to teach parcel thieves a lesson.
He also worked for NASA. <--- Important bit of info.
He also worked for NASA. <--- Important bit of info.
